Psalm 63:3 NIV: Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you.

Psalm 63:3

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◄ Psalm 63:3 ►

New International Version (© 2011)
Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you.

King James Bible
Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.

American Standard Version
Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, My lips shall praise thee.

Young's Literal Translation
Because better is Thy kindness than life, My lips do praise Thee.

Psalm 63:3 Additional Translations
Clarke's Commentary on the Bible

Thy loving-kindness is better than life - This is the language of every regenerate soul. But O how few prefer the approbation of God to the blessings of life, or even to life itself in any circumstances! But the psalmist says, Thy loving-kindness, חסדך chasdecha, thy effusive mercy, is better מחיים mechaiyim, than Lives: it is better than, or good beyond, countless ages of human existence.

My lips shall praise thee - Men praise, or speak well, of power, glory, honor, riches, worldly prospects and pleasures; but the truly religious speak well of God, in whom they find infinitely more satisfaction and happiness than worldly men can find in the possession of all earthly good.

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Psalm 51:15 O Lord, open you my lips; and my mouth shall show forth your praise.

Psalm 66:17 I cried to him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my tongue.

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